Bright Orange for the Shroud: A Travis McGee Novel - Softcover

MacDonald, John D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812983971 ISBN 13: 9780812983975

Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2013

Synopsis

From a beloved master of crime fiction, Bright Orange for the Shroud is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat.
 
Travis McGee is looking forward to a “slob summer,” spending his days as far away from danger as possible. But trouble has a way of finding him, no matter where he hides. An old friend, conned out of his life savings by his ex-wife, has tracked him down and is desperate for help. To get the money back and earn his usual fee, McGee will have to penetrate the Everglades—and the mind of a violently twisted grifter.
 
“John D. MacDonald was the great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller.”—Stephen King
 
McGee has never seen a man so changed by one year of life. Arthur Wilkinson had been an amiable and decent young man looking to invest some of his considerable inheritance in a marina enterprise. Then a pretty blonde named Wilma Ferner showed up. She was soon Mrs. Wilkinson, and it took her only a year to leave Arthur bankrupt and broken.
 
But what starts out as a simple job turns into a dangerous situation when McGee comes face-to-face with a quick-thinking and quicker-fisted foe in the Florida swamps. Now Arthur’s fortune isn’t the only thing on the line: This job may mean McGee’s life.
 
Features a new Introduction by Lee Child

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Travis things he's in for a quiet summer until a walking zombie of a man, Arthur Wilkinson, stumbles aboard The Busted Flush.  He's the latest victim of a fragile looking blond sexpot who uses the blackest arts of love to lure unsuspecting suckers into a web of sordid schemes.,  Gone, suddenly, are the lazy, hazy days of summer as Travis becomes embroiled in one of the most dangerous, dirties cases of his career.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0812983971
• ISBN 13: 9780812983975
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304